[Tilted Irish Kilt]

SkyDancer :" The whole plant root ball is out of the planter. It is quite large (the planter). "

If there is no soil left in the planter, it sounds to me like the issue is that it is "Root bound".
Is that correct ?

[SkyDancer]

Yes, it is root bound. I’m thinking of just placing it in a five gallon bucket and add water and just see if the dirt holding the root ball will fall away.